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In article <FKITTRED.93Jan23200913@spchp13.BBN.COM> fkittred@spchp13.BBN.COM (Fletcher Kittredge) writes:
>4) Their argument is inherently racist.It is racist because we wouldn't even
>   be having this discussion if the athletes involved were not African.
>   If the Germans had won a bunch of marathons in a row, we wouldn't
>   be talking about how the Germans are genetically superior runners
>   to the French, we would be talking about how good the German's training
>   program was.  Yet there is an equal genetic distance between the
>   French and the Germans as between the East Africans and West Africans.

YOU are either racist or the most unintelligent person to post to this
newsgroup in a long time.  First of all, your claim above is based on
completely flawed logic.  Can you prove it?  No.  Second, even if it
were sound login, the 'then' part of an 'if-then' statement is not
supported at all if the 'if' part is false.  Why didn't you even
consider looking at facts before posting your uninformed (I'm giving you
the benefit of the doubt here my saying uninformed instead of stupid)
opinions?  Medical journals are FILLED with articles studying differences
between all sorts of people groups as it relates to athletic   
performance.  The only reason that RW chose to write about this one in
particular is that it is the only such issue that has been a hot topic
of discussion among runner for years.  There is no reason NOT to believe
that they would have written a story had there been a largely noticable
and often talked about performance difference between, say, Germans and
Spaniards.  One of the most blatant forms of racism is when people
like you assume things along the lines of 'all white people are racist'
or when you are LOOKING for any opportunity to call someone racist just
because they try to talk about a race-related issue.  Grow up.